The LEAD Coalition March 28 newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.
LEAD Coalition March 28, 2018 News
LEAD Coalition March 7, 2018 News
The LEAD Coalition March 7 newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.
LEAD Coalition Supports Passage of the BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act
On March 6, 151 LEAD Coalition member organizations and allies wrote to congressional sponsors in support of the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act (S. 2076/H.R.4256). The legislation would create infrastructure across the country to implement effective dementia interventions focused on public health issues such as increasing early detection and diagnosis, reducing risk and […]
LEAD Coalition February 21, 2018 News
The LEAD Coalition February 21 newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.
Accelerating Cognitive Impairment Assessment and Advanced Diagnostics
By Edward I. Ginns, MD, Ph.D., DABCC It’s been one year since Medicare began reimbursing primary care physicians for assessments of cognitive impairment disorders and provision of care-coordination services. Given that research shows providers are not identifying cognitive impairment in up to 50 percent of their cognitively impaired patients — and that about 30 percent […]
LEAD Coalition February 7, 2018 News
The LEAD Coalition February 7 newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.
LEAD Coalition January 19, 2018 News
The LEAD Coalition January 19 newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.
My Five Wishes for the Tough Conversation about Advance Directives
by Aryana Khalid Making decisions about the end of your life is complicated. And it’s even more complicated if you wait until you are really sick to make those decisions. It’s hard to have these types of discussions with our loved ones when the end seems inevitable. It’s hard for us to think about our […]
LEAD Coalition News: Dec. 20, 2017
The LEAD Coalition December 20 newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.
New Issue Brief Looks at Medicaid and Dementia: Shows Vital Role for Millions of Americans
At a time of high-profile fiscal and health policy debates in Washington and in state capitals, a leading coalition today released a new Issue Brief showing the vital role of Medicaid in providing essential medical and support services for individuals and families impacted by Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Read more.